Idiothrips Faure

This genus comprises only two species, I. bellus from South Africa and I. maghrebinus zur Strassen from Morocco (zur Strassen 1968). The genus belongs to Idiothrips genus-group based on reticulate sculpture on the body and broadly expended apex of major setae (Mound & Ward 1971). However, the members of Idiothrips can be distinguished from other relatives by: broadly based antennal segment VII, segment III without sense cone, except stout setae, segment IV with one stout sense cone, and tergite IX with S1 and S2 setae broadly expanded at apex.